..To illustrate successful strategies in working with American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) communities in aging and health research by emphasizing access, local relevance, and decision-making processes...

Extending the boundaries, bridging the gaps: crafting Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, a Supplement to the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health

..It describes the sometimes subtle, other times stark differences in assumptions and experience that sprang from disciplinary orientations, investigative methods, institutional affiliations, and personal histories and agendas...

Enhancing American Indian and Alaska Native health research: a multi-faceted challenge

..This paper describes the lessons learned from this recent progress, and highlights opportunities to promote further gains as well as continuing needs in developing our capacity to conduct policy relevant AIAN health research...

Social epidemiology of trauma among 2 American Indian reservation populations

..We examined the prevalence of trauma in 2 large American Indian communities in an attempt to describe demographic correlates and to compare findings with a representative sample of the US population...

Mental health services for American Indians and Alaska Natives: need, use, and barriers to effective care

..We then close with some speculation about possible next steps in this research program to address what remains one of the most compelling sources of health disparities in the first nations of the United States...

Traumatic brain injury and mental health among two American Indian populations

Lonnie A NelsonDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98101, USAJ Head Trauma Rehabil 22:105-12. 2007

..Describes prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and associated neuropsychiatric problems among two American Indian (AI) communities...

Cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorders, and problematic behaviors in a tribal nursing home

..NH residents tend to be older, suffer from multiple conditions, and take numerous medications, increasing their risk of serious complications. This article examines pharmacotherapy in a rural, tribally owned NH...

Marijuana initiation in 2 American Indian reservation communities: comparison with a national sample

..We examined disparities in age-related patterns of marijuana initiation in 2 culturally distinct American Indian reservation communities (from the Northern Plains and the Southwest) compared with a national sample...

Association between diabetes and mental disorders in two American Indian reservation communities

..At the conclusion of the 18-month program period, projects were disseminated throughout rural communities. The NTOTAP staff continues to evaluate the use of these projects and their benefits within the rural communities...

Racial disparities in health status: a comparison of the morbidity among American Indian and U.S. adults with diabetes

Joan O'ConnellCenters for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USADiabetes Care 33:1463-70. 2010

..American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.3 times more likely to have diabetes than are individuals in the U.S. general population. The objective of this study was to compare morbidity among American Indian and U.S. adults with diabetes...

The influence of community-based participatory research principles on the likelihood of participation in health research in American Indian communities

..The American Indian Service Utilization, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors Project (AI-SUPERPFP) estimated the mental health burden and associated help-seeking in select American Indian reservation communities...

Childhood physical and sexual abuse and subsequent depressive and anxiety disorders for two American Indian tribes

Factors associated with suicide ideation among American Indian adolescents: does culture matter?

D K NovinsNational Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80220, USASuicide Life Threat Behav 29:332-46. 1999

..Suicide prevention and screening programs may be difficult to adapt from one tribe to another...

American Indian adolescents in substance abuse treatment: diagnostic status

..These diagnostic patterns suggest that emerging practices for treating substance-abusing adolescents that have been developed for use with non-AI adolescents warrant consideration for use with AI youths...

Comparative use of biomedical services and traditional healing options by American Indian veterans

..This study's findings yield important insights into the risks in American Indian adolescents and young adults that may result from early trauma, as well as implications for the timing and possible settings for intervention...

..A significant barrier to participation in research is mistrust of the scientific community and institutions. The aims of this article are to discuss the lack of representation of ethnic minorities in clinical research...

Health differences among Lumbee Indians using public and private sources of care

..These results are consistent with anecdotal reports suggesting the effectiveness of American Indian suicide-prevention programs emphasizing orientations related to cultural spirituality...

Relation between the level of American Indian and Alaska Native diabetes education program services and quality-of-care indicators

Yvette RoubideauxDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85716, USAAm J Public Health 98:2079-84. 2008

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Culturally competent research with American Indians and Alaska Natives: findings and recommendations of the first symposium of the work group on American Indian Research and Program Evaluation Methodology

..We discuss the major findings of the first American Indian Research and Program Evaluation Methodology national symposium, and articulate a set of 20 guiding principles for conducting research and program evaluation...

The prevalence of suicidal behaviors among Northern Plains American Indians